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To ALL wHoM 1T MAY coNcERN:

Be it known that I, EDGAR WAKEMAN, of Brooklyn, Alameda county, California, have invented a certain new and nsef'ul Method of Securing and Detaching the Small Boats of a Ship to the Davit Tackle; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawing, making part of thisspecfication, in whichp Figure 1 is a top view of a boats bow with my improvement applied thereto. Figure 2 is a vertical longitudinal section through the same; and Figures 3 and 4 are parts of the invention to be hereinafter described.

The old method ot' attaching and detaching the davit tackle to small boats is Well known, and therefore needs no description here to enable any one skilled in the arts to which my invention appertains to distinguish what is the old method and what is claimedas new and as my invention; the nature and extent of which is described and ascertained as follows:

In the drawing the lower blocks of the davit tackle are represented by A. To these blocks a connecting link, B', is attached, upon the lower end of which a catch or head is made, as shown by X. In the bow and stern of the boat a hook-strap, C, is riveted or bolted to correspond in form with the-hook or head of the link B, as'shown. -To this strap there is a bracket, D, riveted, the upper end whereof` is secured to a piece of timber, E, fitted in the bow and stern of the boat, in the manner shown. In this piece of timber a pin or bolt, F, is arranged to form the fulcrum and carry the lever G, the short end whereof is made somewhat in the form of a wedge and shaped so as to work between the strap C and the bracket D, as shown by V, figs. 3 and 4. New, these parts being constructed substantially in manner and form as aforesaid, the connection is made between the boat and the davit tackle by slipping the link B down between the strap and bracket, andv by throwing the lever back to the position shown in g. l, by which the link-head X is jammed in the recess made in the strap to receive it, after which the end of the leve'r is secured to the gunwale by a strap, as shown' by H. To detach the boat from the tackle the lever is thrown forward, as shown by the red lines in tig. 3, which draws the wedge end of the lever out of the bracket and releases the link B, leaving tbe boat disconnected from the davits. To Vdetach both ends of the boat at once the long end of the lever G is provided with a rope, asshown by I, the end of which may be under the control of a person on the ship or in the boat, as may be thought most expedient.

Having now described the nature and extent of my invention, I claim', and desire tol secure by Letters Patent- 1. Uniting the davit tackle to the boat by means of a. hook-link, B, in combination with correspondingly shaped hook-strap or bracket C, when said link and hook-strap are jammed and held together by means of a cam or lever, substantially as described. A

, 2. Uniting and detaching the boat to and from the davit tackle by means of a lever or cam, in combination with the hook-link B and strap C, substantially as described.

E. WAKEMAN.

Witnesses:

Amos BROADNAX, Timononn ALLEN. 

